It's school holidays, so that means Aunty Carol is around and can help Mum during the day. Today, we did lots of fun things, but running on the beach with everyone was my favourite! Can you see Aunty Carol in this one!I'm working on my high fives, at the moment. I'm not very good at it, yet, but I am getting better. That whole 'lift your hand up and then bring it back down' thing is a bit tricky! Sometimes, I get it! I won't give up.I'm pretty good at turning off the light now. The worst bit, is I think I am very cold (because of my cerebral palsy, I really feel the cold after my bath), and I don't always want to turn the light off. I can turn the light off, on the first try, almost every time, now. I turn off the dining room light now, too.And, tonight... I tried to grab my toothbrush, so Aunty Carol let me get it. She helped me brush my teeth. That's the first time I have ever done that. I was very proud. I think I will brush my own teeth more often!And, that drinking from the cup thing... I have that sorted! Easy!Never give up!

Guess what? I stayed away from hospital all weekend! My breathing has been a bit noisy, a bit laboured, a bit high. My temperature has been up a bit, and Mum keeps putting the cold thermometer under in my armpit. I'm still being watched closely, but I am starting to get a bit cheeky again. I like dressing up as a pirate!(You can see my cheeks are a bit flushed in this photo.)

This weekend, we spent some time digging up some of the old pavers.We might be able to recycle them. There's someone who might want to take them, which is great.So, Dad and Mum dug up the pavers from the side of the house.I didn't have to help them! The pile of pavers got really big... it's about as tall as my Noisy Sister, so we will have to keep her away from them.There's about one month until our renovations start. There's even less time before the demolition starts.It's about to get busy!

I made mum and dad pack their bags last night - their hospital bags... I had high temperatures and started breathing funny. But, they called the Radio Doctor first, and he gave me some good drugs that helped me breath better and then I got to sleep in the big bed all night! I'm still breathing a little funny, but nothing like last night. Even though I would like to see my nurses, fingers crossed... I will stay away from the hospital! It's been almost a year since I was last in for pneumonia! If you need to, give the Radio Doctor a call. They sure helped me. (And Super Julie... I miss you, but Mum doesn't want to sleep on a hospital chair. Kisses - actually... no, I'm four now. Kisses are getting hard to give! xx)

We're in the final countdown to the house renovations!They start on August first.We are about to get super busy!There many be days we don't post a story about Dexter on this blog. He's been with us, at all the meetings about the house renovations. He has met his Tradie Mates. He has chatted to them, and heard them tell him what they are doing.He has felt their love, and chatted about them to his preschool teacher. (We forgot to tell her Dexter had met his tradie mates, so she wasn't sure what he was telling her... she just knew he was enthusiastic about what had happened!)

We are sharing stories on the Doing it for Dexter blog. You'll find us there. At the moment, it's full of incredible offers of support.Soon, it will be full of demolition photos... then building pictures and stories. We probably won't share all the inside stories and photos, as we still intend on keeping the inside a secret from Lenice and Andrew. They will see it at the reveal party!So, head over to the Doing it for Dexter blog!See you there!

This is the cover of my preschool communication book.I can't use my words to tell Mum and Dad what I did during the day, so my teachers write in it. They also put some photos in it, for us to look at. This way, everyone knows what I have been up to. I helped my teachers cover this book. It's my second book for the year. I've been very busy!I did the painting, and then I helped with the gluing of the pictures. It makes Mum smile; to see how happy and included I am! I will miss my teachers and friends during the holidays!

Today we went to the last day for my inclusive playgroup. We've liked going there! It's for kids with disabilities, and their siblings. Because it was the last day, we got to go to a play centre. It was lots of fun! The ladies took me on the jumping castle and into the ball pit... and, they took me down the slippery dip! There were some little cakes, for us to eat, with blue icing.I liked these the best, and kept asking for more! What a fun day!

Our entire roof is going to be re-done, and it will look beautiful!We are so lucky to have Bill Shepherd on board the Doing it for Dexter project. Bill has offered his roofing company 'Shep's Roofing' for all of the labour on the roof. He'll bring his guys, and they will put the roof back together, again.This is an incredible gesture. It will make such a huge difference to the Doing it for Dexter renovations and we are so grateful. We can't wait for renovations to start, so we can show you photos of their work!

Thanks to Shep's roofing, we will have free labour on all the roofing work for our Doing it for Dexter renovations. If you need any work done on your roof, call Shep's on 0408 425 864. Bill's very friendly. Tell him Dexter sent you.These are our generous suppliers of materials:

Bill has been in contact with his suppliers, and they have all agreed to come on board the Doing it for Dexter project! Thank you!Stramit, Lysaght and Vollers are helping us with the materials needed for the roof renovation. Bradford are providing the roof insulation. Through their generous support, we will have everything we need. We are extremely grateful. This will have a huge impact on our renovations. Read more about them here: StramitLysaghtVollersBradford& Shep's Roofing

Look at my super sitting! This is me... sitting on my own! I did this three times, this morning!I must have gotten extra strength from my cool new spider man jumper! Do you like it? My friend Jan sent it to me. Kisses xxxI'm also getting super sitting powers from my theratogs. I'm wearing them, under my clothes. The theratogs are the special skin suit I wear. They help me remember to 'turn on' my muscles. They help me feel stronger.Never give up!